Corsage holding pin



May 26, 1964 M. L. CONLIN CORSAGE HOLDING PIN Filed Aug. '7, 1962Madeleine L. Con/in 1N VEN TOR.

United States Patent 3,134,151 CORSAGE HOLDING PIN Madeleine L. Conlin,Woodland Hills, Calif. (19425 Haynes St., Reseda, Calif.) Filed Aug. 7,1962, Ser. No. 215,320 2 Claims. (Cl. 24-6) The present inventionrelates to an improved holder for a corsage, more particularly, a novelfastener resembling a safety pin but expressly designed and suitablyadapted for securely holding, positioning and retaining a corsage on thewearers clothing.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple, practical, economicalreadily applicable and removable corsage clamping and attaching pinwhich effectually serves the purposes for which it is intended.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pin which is of theutmost in efficiency when in use and which does not involve the use ofcomplicating hinges, difficulttouse clasps or any needless componentportions which interfere with its ability to function efiiciently.

Briefly the improved holder is fashioned from a single length ofresilient non-corrodible wire of requisite gauge which is bent uponitself between its ends and defines a relatively straight pin to pierceand anchor itself on the users apparel or clothing, and also includes acorsage clasping and retaining limb, the latter being provided at a freeend thereof with a simple and practical bent terminal which constitutesa keeper for the pointed end of the aforementioned pin.

More explicitly the springy separable and connectible corsage embracinglimb has an intermediate bent portion of suitable curvature whichconformingly cooperates with the stems of the flowers in a manner toensure an effective clamping action without undesirably severing theembraced stem portions.

These together with other objects and advantages which will becomesubsequently apparent reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof, whereinlike numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

FIGURE 1 is a view in perspective illustrating a corsage clamping orholding pin constructed in accordance with the invention and showing howit is designed and used;

FIGURE 2 is a view in perspective which shows in full and phantom linesthe manner in which the pointed end of the pin cooperates with itsretaining catch;

FIGURE 3 is a end view of the pin illustrated in FIG. 2 observing thestructure thereof in a direction from right to left; and

FIGURE 4 is a plan view which shows the formation and cooperation of thecomponent features of the pin.

With reference now to the figures of the drawing the device as an entityis broadly a holder and more specifically a clamp-on type pin-equippedcorsage holder. It is made from a single length of wire which ispreferably non-corrodible and is of a gauge to provide the desiredshapesustaining stability but also the equally desired inherentresiliency. The wire of a suitable grade and gauge, is bent upon itselfintermediate its ends to define a substantially straight attaching limb6 at one end, the latter having a pointed end 8 to penetrate the garmentor ap- 3,134,151 Patented May 26, 1964 parel in the manner shown inFIG. 1. This limb functions as a substantially straight penetrating andanchoring pin and is attached to the collar on the wearers coat orlapel, as the case may be. The lefthand end portion of this pin isjoined with the complemental clamping limb or arm 10. This result isaccomplished by way of a substantially U-shaped bend or bent portion 12having the desired resilient properties whereby to cause the two limbsor arms to normally separate as shown in FIG. 2 when the freeconnectible ends of the limbs are disconnected or separated. Therighthand or free end portion of the arm or limb 10 has a bent portion14 which is joined with a laterally bent or directed terminal endportion 16 which has a free terminal or tip portion 18 and a relativelysmall kink 20 constituting a seat or keeper for releasable reception andretention of the pointed end of the pin 6. The intermediate portion ofthe limb 10 is provided with an outwardly bowed or bent portion 22 of alength and curvature that it is adapted to saddle itself over and clampthe stems of the flowers in the corsage in the man ner illustrated inFIG. 1. It follows that by forcibly pressing the pin 6 through theclothing or garment, clamp ing the bent portion 22 over the stems of thecorsage and then seating the free end of the pin in its keeper seat 20the pin, construed as an entity, is aptly and satisfactorily attachedand the corsage is thus effectually held in place.

It is to be noted that the pin 6 is not in a plane directly beneath thelimb 10. In fact, and by reason of the rightangled terminal portion 16and the keeper seat 20, the pin is offset. In fact, the pin has itspointed end 8 diverging from the junctional bend 12 toward and seated atits free end in the manner shown. Further, it will be noted that thecurved or bent terminal or tip portion 18 provides a cam-like memberwhich assists in piloting the flexibly resilient free end portion of thepin 6 into and out of its keeper seat 20.

It is believed that the nature of the invention will be clear from thespecification and drawings, that the features and advantages will beself-evident. Consequently, a more extended description is regarded asunnecessary.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles ofthe invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes willreadily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limitthe invention to the exact construction and operation shown anddescribed, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalentsmay be resorted to, falling within the scope of the inven tion asclaimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A holder for a corsage comprising a one-piece fastener embodying apair of companion complemental arms, one arm being substantiallystraight from end to end and terminating at its free end in a point andconstituting a pin, said arm being flexibly resilient, a second armcooperable with the first arm and having one end joined to acorresponding end of the first arm by an intervening U-bend, the freeend of the second arm being provided with a laterally bent terminalportion lying in a plane substantially perpendicular to the planes ofthe arms and constituting a catch for the cooperating end of the pin,said bent portion having a kink therein and a cam end portion outwardfrom the kink, both the kink and cam end portion lying in the plane ofthe terminal portion, said References Cited in the file of this patentUNITED STATES PATENTS Greeley Feb. 11, 1879 LaDow Apr. 28, 1891 RhoadesAug. 18, 1903 FOREIGN PATENTS France Sept. 12, 1921 Great Britain of1905 Great Britain of 1919 Great Britain Aug. 10, 1921 Switzerland Sept.17, 1900

1. A HOLDER FOR A CORSAGE COMPRISING A ONE-PIECE FASTENER EMBODYING APAIR OF COMPANION COMPLEMENTAL ARMS, ONE ARM BEING SUBSTANTIALLYSTRAIGHT FROM END TO END AND TERMINATING AT ITS FREE END IN A POINT ANDCONSTITUTING A PIN, SAID ARM BEING FLEXIBLY RESILIENT, A SECOND ARMCOOPERABLE WITH THE FIRST ARM AND HAVING ONE END JOINED TO ACORRESPONDING END OF THE FIRST ARM BY AN INTERVENING U-BEND, THE FREEEND OF THE SECOND ARM BEING PROVIDED WITH A LATERALLY BENT TERMINALPORTION LYING IN A PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLANES OFTHE ARMS AND CONSTITUTING A CATCH FOR THE COOPERATING END OF THE PIN,SAID BENT PORTION HAVING A KINK THEREIN AND A CAM END PORTION OUTWARDFROM THE KINK, BOTH THE KINK AND CAM END PORTION LYING IN THE PLANE OFTHE TERMINAL PORTION, SAID KINK CONSTITUTING A KEEPER SEAT FOR THE PIN,AND THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID SECOND-NAMED ARM HAVING ALONGITUDINALLY BOWED OUTWARDLY PROJECTING BENT PORTION WHICH IS DESIGNEDAND ADAPTED TO CONFORMINGLY SADDLE ITSELF OVER THE STEM PORTIONS OF THEFLOWERS WHICH ARE TO BE CLAMPINGLY HELD THEREBY.